Today's update is by me… Hoodoo takes on Chant and gets pwned! This page is, for me, a great example of how working in a group can improve the quality of the final product. My usual production process is to do a rough draft of a page and put it to the Crossoverkill guys for feedback and comment. The gag of the Paradise LOST dude becoming distracted by Hoodoo was not in the original draft, although the “ooo!” in panel 3 was - Essaybee made a comment about dudes at Prog Metal concerts checking out the few women there and so I developed the concept further. Energize was in the final panel of the draft but Essaybee pointed out quite rightly he was still up in the rigging dealing out some justice so I replaced him with X-pletive - I can't believe I was going to leave X-pletive out of my one and only Fusion page! Also, I originally wrote Chant's obliteration spell in Latin but Al suggested a typeface like that found in Chant's home universe of the Traveling Gnome… so I obliged - however just to show he means business Chant's text is red and backwards!
As you can see, Chant has a skeletor hand, this a specific trait for him designed by Al - it is significant but I might let Al discuss that if and when it suits him. I will say though that I learned some interesting things about the anatomy of the human hand from working on this page!
The spell spotters amongst you will note that Hoodoo is using a “norn hex” to deflect the energy blast (last demonstrated on page 1.27)…
And just quickly, some shameless self-promotion… Monday March 7th was Magellan's seventh birthday! WOOT! You may also be interested to know that Magellan now has a theme song… please check it out!
New page by Essaybee on Thursday… remember that bomb?? It's about to go BOOM!!
As to the silence, most versions of that are area effect, meaning it's entirely possible Hoodoo would silence herself as well.
Binding, in most magically oriented settings, is a method of containing a caster, not just tying someone up with magical cords.
A less powerful magic weilder would have been rendered helpless by that binding. Heck, even a more powerful one might have.
So figure just how powerful Chant is to have tossed it aside so casually....
Either that or Chant's still operating under the rules of magic from his own world, which can sometimes let you do things you shouldn't when visiting other realities.
Actually, Chant's bone hand has something to do with how he told me necromancy works in TALES OF THE TRAVELLING GNOME's world. More will be revealed later.
Oh, by the way---Essaybee's still working on the next page, so it may be up tomorrow, or it might be Friday before we update. Stay tuned.
An average mage is stopped by silence, a good mage has a simple hex or two that requires no words, maybe a couple items. A REALY good mage has a silent version of Fireball prepared and a mystical amulet that can blast out streams of magic at will. A clever mage is warded against silence, a VERY clever mage reflects it.
well any spellcaster worth their salt knows that silence is the standard opening and would either prevent it or make use of such.
but ya, this page shows why i think xmung makes the best pages, though the other crossover-crew are in the top ten. though i am a bit surprised that al gave chant a bone hand, i guess reading mindmistress doesn't give me that much knowledge of his inner psyche.
@Bill_Martin: this is very true. But it's also why both Hoodoo and Chant have powerful wards around their mouths and vocal chords and lungs to prevent just that form of attack! Also, Hoodoo demonstrated it's possible to cast without vocalisation to Montana-Rose and Jemima back during the training session introduction... :D
Sheesh, first rule when one wizard goes up against another wizard (I know, its forgotten here otherwise the comic would be very short), is to silence the other one. If they can't speak, most of the time they can't use spells.
@Oruncrest: she's must've - she made it through to the big team! ;)
@Net: yes, sorry I should have also linked to [url=http://ttg.spiderforest.com]TTG[/url] itself - I linked to that other page in particular since it provided a good example of spell casting runes...
@dwrean: I believe Miguel does do commissions... depending on his availability, etc.
@EssayBee & Neilsama: thanks!
Well, kriss1989, considering he's coming from TTG's world... necromancers walk a very interesting line. I won't go into it, mind you... Chant's story is Al's to tell, not mine. However, Chant's world is HEAVILY infused with magic. Even if he was, say, just an average caster in my world, in most other dimensions he'd be pretty darn powerful.
Add to that whatever benefits being part of the group has given him? Heh. Should be fun to watch.
*buys more Doppleganger merchandise... and a container of popcorn* Go bad guys, go!
xmung delivers another great page. Love all the little details in the crowd's clothing, and the blond guy is classic. For a page that was scripted with very little detail, you made it awesome!
By the way, OrumCrest, Chant hasn't captured the Death of Fusion's world yet---the "proved easier than expected" is the FINDING of the Death, he hasn't been imprisoned, yet. The sphere in Chant's hand was probably the mystical bubble he was going to imprison the Death in, but he got distracted by Hoodoo.
It is a VERY understandable conclusion to draw, though. There's no way you could have known, one way or the other.
Yep, Net, thanks for providing a home reality for Chant fo come from. The link to the main site is [url=http://ttg.spiderforest.com]TALES OF THE TRAVELLING GNOME[/url], one of the most beautifully illustrated fantasy webcomics out there. We have a four-page origin of Chant we'll run , probably early this summer. And now you see what Chant's glove was hiding---a skeletal hand.
Our group of heroes are drawn from mainly superhero webcomics, naturally, but the Doppelganger Gang represents a larger range, more representative of webcomics as a whole. Chant is purely from a fantasy setting. (As will be shown later, he's not as at home with modern technology as the rest.) Suki seems to be drawn from a reality like a webcomic semiloli/manga environment. The bear? The stick-figure fantasy-world thief? Some webcomics might occur to you....
in the on going war, this day, blue has triumphed over red. but though they loose this battle, they will tred on, to win the WAR!
btw, i wonder if anyone else here wants to commision your song writter for their OWN super endeavors.
Hehee, don't mind me if I root for the bad guys, but gotta go with the one coming from my universe, ya know? :D
*waves the "Chant!" banner vigorously*
BTW, the link you gave goes to just one comic page, a better link to TTG might be just to go to the home page, at http://ttg.spiderforest.com
Chant moves fast, doesn't he? He only SAW the local death avatar in the last strip, and now he's captured it and is putting a hurt on Hoodoo. Her's hoping she passed her 'Combat Casting' course from her student days.
Ozmandious at 7:24AM, March 13, 2011
Nice magical smackdown
Tolrick at 4:25PM, March 12, 2011
As to the silence, most versions of that are area effect, meaning it's entirely possible Hoodoo would silence herself as well. Binding, in most magically oriented settings, is a method of containing a caster, not just tying someone up with magical cords. A less powerful magic weilder would have been rendered helpless by that binding. Heck, even a more powerful one might have. So figure just how powerful Chant is to have tossed it aside so casually.... Either that or Chant's still operating under the rules of magic from his own world, which can sometimes let you do things you shouldn't when visiting other realities.
alschroeder at 8:04PM, March 9, 2011
Actually, Chant's bone hand has something to do with how he told me necromancy works in TALES OF THE TRAVELLING GNOME's world. More will be revealed later. Oh, by the way---Essaybee's still working on the next page, so it may be up tomorrow, or it might be Friday before we update. Stay tuned.
kriss1989 at 7:47PM, March 9, 2011
An average mage is stopped by silence, a good mage has a simple hex or two that requires no words, maybe a couple items. A REALY good mage has a silent version of Fireball prepared and a mystical amulet that can blast out streams of magic at will. A clever mage is warded against silence, a VERY clever mage reflects it.
jamoecw at 3:29PM, March 9, 2011
well any spellcaster worth their salt knows that silence is the standard opening and would either prevent it or make use of such. but ya, this page shows why i think xmung makes the best pages, though the other crossover-crew are in the top ten. though i am a bit surprised that al gave chant a bone hand, i guess reading mindmistress doesn't give me that much knowledge of his inner psyche.
algeya at 12:00PM, March 9, 2011
lol
xmung at 7:45PM, March 8, 2011
@Bill_Martin: this is very true. But it's also why both Hoodoo and Chant have powerful wards around their mouths and vocal chords and lungs to prevent just that form of attack! Also, Hoodoo demonstrated it's possible to cast without vocalisation to Montana-Rose and Jemima back during the training session introduction... :D
Bill_Martin at 5:34PM, March 8, 2011
Sheesh, first rule when one wizard goes up against another wizard (I know, its forgotten here otherwise the comic would be very short), is to silence the other one. If they can't speak, most of the time they can't use spells.
xmung at 5:28PM, March 8, 2011
@Oruncrest: she's must've - she made it through to the big team! ;) @Net: yes, sorry I should have also linked to [url=http://ttg.spiderforest.com]TTG[/url] itself - I linked to that other page in particular since it provided a good example of spell casting runes... @dwrean: I believe Miguel does do commissions... depending on his availability, etc. @EssayBee & Neilsama: thanks!
Net at 4:59PM, March 8, 2011
Well, kriss1989, considering he's coming from TTG's world... necromancers walk a very interesting line. I won't go into it, mind you... Chant's story is Al's to tell, not mine. However, Chant's world is HEAVILY infused with magic. Even if he was, say, just an average caster in my world, in most other dimensions he'd be pretty darn powerful. Add to that whatever benefits being part of the group has given him? Heh. Should be fun to watch. *buys more Doppleganger merchandise... and a container of popcorn* Go bad guys, go!
kriss1989 at 4:46PM, March 8, 2011
....ok Chant is aparently one of the DGs BIG guns....right? .....right? .....I'm just going to curl up in a corner now.
alschroeder at 1:52PM, March 8, 2011
My bad. My fellow Crossoverkill Crew-ers tell me that Fusion's Death is INDEED captured. So, just letting you know, Oruncrest, you were right!
Neilsama at 1:40PM, March 8, 2011
By the way, that's a lovely shot of Hoodoo in panel 4.
God of War at 1:18PM, March 8, 2011
Paradise Lrst Guy has no sense of prorities. Also, I love Tales Of The Travelling Gnome, it's nice to know that it's Chant's world.
EssayBee at 10:25AM, March 8, 2011
xmung delivers another great page. Love all the little details in the crowd's clothing, and the blond guy is classic. For a page that was scripted with very little detail, you made it awesome!
alschroeder at 7:29AM, March 8, 2011
By the way, OrumCrest, Chant hasn't captured the Death of Fusion's world yet---the "proved easier than expected" is the FINDING of the Death, he hasn't been imprisoned, yet. The sphere in Chant's hand was probably the mystical bubble he was going to imprison the Death in, but he got distracted by Hoodoo. It is a VERY understandable conclusion to draw, though. There's no way you could have known, one way or the other.
alschroeder at 7:17AM, March 8, 2011
Yep, Net, thanks for providing a home reality for Chant fo come from. The link to the main site is [url=http://ttg.spiderforest.com]TALES OF THE TRAVELLING GNOME[/url], one of the most beautifully illustrated fantasy webcomics out there. We have a four-page origin of Chant we'll run , probably early this summer. And now you see what Chant's glove was hiding---a skeletal hand. Our group of heroes are drawn from mainly superhero webcomics, naturally, but the Doppelganger Gang represents a larger range, more representative of webcomics as a whole. Chant is purely from a fantasy setting. (As will be shown later, he's not as at home with modern technology as the rest.) Suki seems to be drawn from a reality like a webcomic semiloli/manga environment. The bear? The stick-figure fantasy-world thief? Some webcomics might occur to you....
dwrean at 6:44AM, March 8, 2011
in the on going war, this day, blue has triumphed over red. but though they loose this battle, they will tred on, to win the WAR! btw, i wonder if anyone else here wants to commision your song writter for their OWN super endeavors.
AzuJOD at 2:55AM, March 8, 2011
Fantastic page!
Net at 2:24AM, March 8, 2011
Hehee, don't mind me if I root for the bad guys, but gotta go with the one coming from my universe, ya know? :D *waves the "Chant!" banner vigorously* BTW, the link you gave goes to just one comic page, a better link to TTG might be just to go to the home page, at http://ttg.spiderforest.com
Oruncrest at 11:20PM, March 7, 2011
Chant moves fast, doesn't he? He only SAW the local death avatar in the last strip, and now he's captured it and is putting a hurt on Hoodoo. Her's hoping she passed her 'Combat Casting' course from her student days.